Note 308 — Chapter IV · THE EALDORMAN OR DUKE.
Reading edition
“Mund ðǽre betstan widuwan eorlcundre, fiftig scillinga gebéte.” For the mund of a widow of the highest class, that is of earl’s degree, be the bót fifty shillings. Æðelb. § 75. Thorpe, i. 20.